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Eat-Shop-Play is designed to help businesses recover from the pandemic by encouraging people to shop local for insider deals and to earn free transit.
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The case has cost the authority more than $230,000, based on the agency's response to an ACLU Right to Know request in September 2009. If the agency does not appeal the case further or loses the appeal, it would end up paying the plaintiff's legal costs, which were more than $300,000 at the end of the district court trial.
Read More →Service difficulties have included phone glitches and extended wait times. The agency has had to set up a new call center to accommodate the increased call volume for the service.
Read More →Nadine S. Lee, who has served as president/CEO since July 2021, said the decision comes after careful reflection on the agency’s progress and its path forward.
Read More →A decrease in revenues derived from sales tax and significantly reduced transit assistance from the state has forced North County Transit District to reduce service levels in order to balance the budget.
Read More →Founder of a nonprofit is applying for grant funds to start a free backcountry bus service for seniors and residents with disabilities. The nonprofit used $138,000 in FTA grants to order two buses with plans to put them into service in January.
Read More →The campaign encourages citizens to leave their cars behind to walk, taking public transit or ride a bicycle.
Read More →The buses will use brighter, more efficient LED lighting for both the interior and exterior.
Read More →Oshkosh Transit estimates that the new vehicles will save over 7,000 gallons of diesel each year, when compared to conventional diesel buses. The bus purchase was funded entirely by a $2.1 million ARRA grant.
Read More →Shopping center officials estimate that each week over 2,000 children will play in the newly renovated play area. The play area has nine main features for kids to jump, climb and slide on, including a miniature Montebello Bus Lines bus and bus stop, a hybrid car, a skateboard, a monarch butterfly and a six-foot Pine tree.
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